MRFF Board:

Major William E. Barker – As well as overseeing JROTC operations as District Military Instructor for Alburquerque Public Schools, the 28th largest school district in the country, U.S. Marine Corps Major Barker is the Chairman of New Mexico’s 1st District Democrat Congresswoman Michelle Lujan-Grisham’s Academy Selection Team and was recently appointed to the Albuquerque Police Oversight Commission representing City Council District 9.

Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV – The last American official to confront Saddam Hussein before the 1990 Gulf War, he has had a 20-plus year career in Intl. relations, and held numerous senior government appointments, including Special Asst. to President Clinton and Sr. Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council.

MRFF Advisory Board:

Reza Aslan – An internationally acclaimed writer, a scholar of religions, Professor at the University of California, Riverside, and a contributing editor for The Daily Beast.

Howard Bragman – Has been a communicator, educator, entrepreneur, writer and lecturer for more than two decades. He founded a strategic media and public relations agency, Fifteen Minutes, in 2004. Howard is often featured on CNN’s Showbiz Tonight

Ambassador & Fmr. Senator Carol Moseley Braun – The first African-American female elected to the U.S. Senate. Because of Carol’s tireless fight for fairness and the eradication of discrimination President Clinton appointed her United States Ambassador to New Zealand in 1999.

Edie Disler – PhD, Lt Col (Ret), is a 25 year veteran of the Air Force who served as an ICBM crewmember, an Executive Support Officer to the Secretary of Defense, a conventional arms control inspector, a speechwriter, and USAFA faculty professor.

Glen Doherty(IN MEMORIAM) – A highly-decorated combat veteran, this former Navy SEAL spent four years conducting security and intelligence operations in high threat regions including Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Glen was killed in an armed assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Glen lived and died believing in the righteous cause of religious tolerance and dialogue among all peoples and faiths around the globe.

Robert S. Dotson – Retired brigadier general. Author of the published novel, The Light on the Star.

Mike Farrell - An accomplished actor, best known for his role as B.J. Hunnicutt on M*A*S*H. He is a dedicated human rights activist and Chair of the Board of Death Penalty Focus, Good Will Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and Co-Chair Emeritus of the California Commitee of Human Rights Watch.

Vyckie Garrison – Founder of No Longer Quivering and the Take Heart Project after leaving the Quiverfull movement, she educates the world about the dangers of abusive religious movements and provides support to the spiritually abused.

Joseph K. Grieboski – Since its founding in 1999, Mr. Grieboski has transformed the Institute on Religion and Public Policy into a well-respected global authority on the role of religious freedom in society and politics, culminating in its 2007 and 2008 nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Robert T. Herres (Emeritus) – A Naval Academy graduate with a 36 year career in the United States Air Force, he also served a three-year assignment as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the first to hold that position. (December 1, 1932 – July 24, 2008)

Mala Htun – Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of New Mexico. A former fellow of the Kellogg Institute of the University of Notre Dame and the Radcliffe Institute of Harvard University, she holds a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University and a A.B. in international relations from Stanford University.

Hali Jilani – An ethnic Afghan who works with the Military – primarily Officer training in the Marine Corps, Army and NATO on counter terrorism, cultural intelligence and international affairs

Gov. Gary Johnson – Has been referred to as the ‘most fiscally conservative Governor’ in the country, was the Republican Governor of New Mexico from 1995-2003, and was the Libertarian Party nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 election.

Gov. Richard Lamm – American politician and lawyer. He served three terms as Governor of Colorado as a Democrat (1975–1987) and ran for the Reform Party’s nomination for President of the United States in 1996.

Kristen Leslie – An Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling at Yale Divinity School and consultant to the United States Air Force Academy on religious matters.

John J. Michels Jr. – Chicago-based partner in Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, a national law firm. John is a litigation attorney with an extensive labor and employment law practice.

Reverend MeLinda Morton – An ordained minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). She is a former Chaplain in the United States Air Force, most recently serving at the United States Air Force Academy.

Bobby Muller – Nobel Peace Prize (1997), co-founder of the Int’l Campaign to Ban Land Mines. Other campaigns co-founded by Muller include the Nuclear Threat Reduction Campaign and the Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform.

Sheila Musaji – Founding editor of The American Muslim. Author of over 700 articles about Islam in America dealing primarily with issues of citizenship, interfaith dialogue, Islamophobia, and community building.

George Reed – A faculty member in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences at the University of San Diego. Before joining the faculty in 2007 he served for 27 years as a military police officer including six as the Director of of Command and and Leadership Studies at the U.S. Army War College.

Richard T. Schlosberg III (Emeritus) – A 23-year veteran of the communications business, he was publisher and chief executive officer of the Denver Post, publisher and chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Times, and executive vice president of The Times Mirror Company. Past President and CEO of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

Joan Slish – An ordained Assistant Minister of the Assemblies of God, she now contributes her rich knowledge of Christian Dominionism to researching and exposing the effects of this sect’s activities.

Douglas Turner – Founder and President of DW Turner, Inc a New Mexico-based strategic communications and public issues management firm, Turner was a Republican candidate for the 2010 New Mexico gubernatorial election.

A.A. “Tony” Verrengia – A retired Air Force Brigadier General, Tony was a Master Navigator that served in air transport operations positions for many years.

John Whiteside – Whiteside is one of only a few military aviators to possess both Senior Command Air Force wings and aircraft carrier qualified Naval Aviator wings, in addition to having been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism in combat during Operation Desert Storm.

William B. Wiener, Jr. – His private foundation supports causes relating to the environment, civil liberties and the protection of the Constitution.

Lawrence Wilkerson – The Distinguished Visiting Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA. His last position in government was as Secretary of State Colin Powell’s Chief of Staff (2002-05).

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About MRFF: The Military Religious Freedom Foundation is the sole nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to ensuring that all members of the United States Armed Forces fully receive the Constitutional guarantee of both freedom of religion and freedom from religion, to which they and all Americans are entitled. Fighting for our servicemembers' rights, so they can fight for ours.